30 Jan

For breakfast mum and I planned to visit the oyster congee restaurant they visited on their last trip. On the way home from Itamae Sushi last night, we came across a branch of Ming Yuen Noodle Restaurant. This branch doesn’t sell claypot dishes, but it does have oyster congee. We were going to this restaurant instead of the other one so we did’t have to travel so far. When we ordered oyster and abalone congee at Ming Yuen we were told that the congee isn’t available until 3pm. We walked...

01:39 / Chinese / Food / Hong Kong / Restaurants / Travel
30 Jan

It had only been 2-3 hours after our Portuguese tart feast so none of us were really hungry, but we thought we should have something to eat before returning to the hotel. A receptionist at the hotel had earlier recommended a Portuguese restaurant called Restaurante Vela Latina. Rather than ordering one dish each, we picked a few to share: Baby Octopus w. Shrimp Paste (60MOP) Macanese-style Roasted Eel (148MOP) Baked Chicken in Coconut Milk (148MOP) Baked Fried Rice in Pineapples The baby octopus was so tender and it reminded me of the sambal...

00:18 / Food / Macanese / Macau / Portuguese / Restaurant Vela Latina / Restaurants / Travel
30 Jan

Margaret’s Café E Nata is one of the two cafés in Macau famous for its Portuguese egg tarts. This small and quaint cafe had one queue for ordering and another for collecting orders that weren’t ready. The tarts were so popular there was almost always a long collection queue - they couldn’t make tarts quickly enough. Each tart was only 8MOP each (just under 1AUD). There are other items on the menu, but the majority of customers buy the tarts with maybe a hot drink. Unless the person was...

00:16 / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Macau / Margaret’s Café E Nata / Portuguese / Restaurants / Travel
29 Jan

After spending some time in the Wing On shopping centre we proceeded to the yum cha restaurant on level 7, as recommended by one of the cosmetics salesgirls. Apparently it's quite famous and popular with locals. When we went up there was a queue, but we didn’t have to wait long. Most restaurants outside the shopping centre also had queues lining up outside. It seems like every mealtime we've had here is a waiting game. The dishes ordered were tofu/bok choy fish-based soup, wu kok, xiao long bao,...

23:55 / Chinese / Food / Golden Federal Restaurant / Hong Kong / Restaurants / Travel / Yum Cha
29 Jan

Itamae Sushi is a chain sushi restaurant. After taking a ticket we waited maybe 15 minutes in the queue. Luckily we got a spot on the sushi train rather than a separate table. Sushi of the same type were lined up consecutively in the train, rather than arranged alternately - a boon for the indecisive or unobservant. Each person got a cup with a Japanese tea bag inside and between every two people was a hot water tap used to top up our cups. The prices for the sushi...

00:00 / Food / Hong Kong / Itamae Sushi / Japanese / Restaurants / Travel
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